BROWSE
townland
Baile an Chloigthí
genitive: Bhaile an Chloigthí
(Irish)
Steeplestown
(English)

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    ‘the town(land) of the steeple, belfry’
    Déantar tagairt do chloigtheach sa cheantar chéanna in Annála Ríoghachta Éireann ‘Sadhbh, inghen Glúin Iairn Mic Murchadha, banchomharba Brighde, d'ég iar n-aithríghe. Cloictheach Telcha Áird do losccadh lá Tighernán’ (1171 AD).

  • English

    ‘the town(land) of the steeple, belfry’
    A chloigtheach is mentioned in this area in Annála Ríoghachta Éireann ‘Sadhbh, inghen Glúin Iairn Mic Murchadha, banchomharba Brighde, d'ég iar n-aithríghe. Cloictheach Telcha Áird do losccadh lá Tighernán’ (1171 AD). (Sadhbh, daughter of Gluiniairn Mac Murchadha, successor of Brighit, died after penance. The Cloictheach of Telach-aird was burned by Tighearnan Ua Ruairc, with its full of people in it.)

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53.5732, -6.7955latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1171
Cloictheach Telcha Áird
Aois Críost, míle céd sechtmhoghat a h-aon. Petrus Ua Mórdha, epscop Cluana Ferta Brénainn, manach cráibhdheach cétus, do bhádhadh isin Sionaind an 27 do December. Sadhbh, inghen Glúin Iairn Mic Murchadha, banchomharba Brighde, d'ég iar n-aithríghe. Cloictheach Telcha Áird do losccadh lá Tighernán
ARÉ
1461-83
le Stepletoñ iuxt Trym
SRI Edw. IV 8
Stat. Rolls
1461-83
Stepiltoñ
1461-83 Trym ... Bernyesclonyes ... leytoñ ... werr̃ vocat̃ Carriffyñ SRI Edw. IV 802-4
Stat. Rolls
1540c
Stepletowne
Crown Surv.
1542
Balnecloighe?
F
1558-9
Stapleton
Grant to Laurence Hamonde of the manor of Trim...
CPCR
1566
Stepletowne
F
1610
Stepleton
Eccles. Trim. 119. Beth. Coll.
1610
Stepleton
Speed (Leinster)
1624
Steepleton
CPR 595
1654
Steepletowne
Sr Arthur Loftus of Rafernam Protestant
CS V Leathanach 249
1655
Steeplestowne Commons
DS
1666c
Steepletowne
Sr Arthur Loftus prot. ... Sr Adam Loftus pt. W
BSD (Mí)
1685
Steeplesto.
Hib. Del.
1720
Stapletowne als Steeplestowne als Stipplestowne
CGn. 25.567.16288
1720
Stapletowne als Steeplestown als Stipplestown als Stylestown
CGn. 25.560.16290
1737
Stapletown als Steeplestown als Stipplestown als Stylestown
CGn. 92.447.65277
1812 (1817)
Steeplestown
Larkin (Mí)
1821
Steeplestown
Steeplestown townland
Cen. 1821 (Virtual Treasury)
1827
Staplestown
TAB
1836
Steeplestown
BS:AL Leathanach: Mí111,5
1836
Steiplestown
Larkin (Mí):AL Leathanach: Mí111,5
1836
Steeplestown
Corporation Map 1753:AL Leathanach: Mí111,5
1836
Steeplestown
Langford, Lord:AL Leathanach: Mí111,5
1836
Steeplestown
HCSV:AL Leathanach: Mí111,5
1836
Baile claicthighe, 'town of the steeple or round tower belfry'
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí111,5
1836
Steeplestown
OD:AL Leathanach: Mí111,5
1836
Baile Chlaicthighe
LSO (Mí) 175

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